scifinder® mobile: innovation for today's chemical researchers
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Presented at the 242nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 28-Sept. 1, 2011TRANSCRIPT
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SciFinder® Mobile: Innovation for today's chemical researchers
Kurt Zielenbach, Joe Sjostrom and Jeff WilsonCAS Product Managers
Fall 2011 ACS National Meeting
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Seems like everywhere you look, everything is going mobile
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Agenda
• Why mobile?• What is SciFinder Mobile?• Who uses it?• What’s next?
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ACS Mission
To advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people.
CAS Mission
To provide the world’s best digital research environment to search, retrieve, analyze and link chemical information.
SciFinder Mobile fits well with the ACS and CAS missions
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In 2005, emerging mobile technology allowed CAS to test a new information delivery platform
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The CAS Mobile initiative allowed customers to access chemical information on mobile devices
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We weren’t the only ones to think that there was a need for on-the-go access to CAS content
CSI NYDate: February 2008
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As smartphones become commonplace, “anywhere” access to SciFinder becomes ever more important
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Recent CAS surveys found that scientists using mobile devices for research had reached a significant milestone
"I hope the SciFinder mobile device survey means that CAS will have a SciFinder iPhone app soon!"
– Stephanie Kays (@stephaniekays, 758 followers)
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Design principles
SciFinder Mobile must be:• Platform independent• Easy to use• SciFinder at its core
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The market shows some convergence on technology choices, with no industry standard or dominant OS
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Smartphone users do not seem to have a strong preference for browser vs. app
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SciFinder Web and Mobile platforms are based on the same infrastructure
CAS Content
Router
SciFinder MobileApplicationServers
SciFinder WebApplicationServers
InternetInternet
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Ease of use is very important on a smartphone
• Small-screen friendly• High-value functionality
– Must be useful “on the go”• Intuitive to an experienced
SciFinder user
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SciFinder Mobile retains the core value of SciFinder
• Search algorithms, content and results must be the same
• Personalized information such as saved answers and Keep Me Posted alert results must be accessible
• Scientists should think of SciFinder Mobile as just one more way to use SciFinder
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Most survey respondents said they want to be able to look up a search topic
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Agenda
• Why mobile?• What is SciFinder Mobile?• Who uses it?• What’s next?
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SciFinder Mobile meets the needs of users on the moveScenarios• Explore a Research Topic while at the
airport• Find or confirm a property value for a
substance during a project meeting• Review publications and references for
a speaker at a conference session• Check for patents by a company you
are about to visit at a trade show• Review Keep Me Posted alert results
on your morning commute
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Connecting to SciFinder Mobile (scifinder.cas.org/mobile)
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SciFinder Mobile delivers core functionality
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Explore by Research Topic
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Explore by Substance Identifier
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Explore by Company or Author Name
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Conveniently check your Keep Me Posted alerts
Aug 20, 2011 (296)
Aug 13, 2011 (302)
Aug 6, 2011 (2163)
Jul 30, 2011 (624)
Jul 23, 2011 (466)
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Agenda
• Why mobile?• What is SciFinder Mobile?• Who uses it?• What’s next?
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Our SciFinder Mobile photo contest shows scientists looking for information in a variety of places
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The number of organizations trying SciFinder Mobile continues to climb
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500
1000
Apr‐11 May‐11 Jun‐11 Jul‐11
Organizations
Cumulative Number of Organizations Using SciFinder Mobile
Year
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Mobile access is driven mostly by the academic community
78%
14%
4%3% 1%
SciFinder Mobile UsageBy Type of Organization
Academic BioPharmaGovernment/Not For Profit ChemicalsOther
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While the U.S. has been quick to adopt, Japan and Europe are also showing interest
43%
18%7%
5%
3%3%
21%
SciFinder Mobile UsageBy Country
USA JAPAN GERMANYUNITED KINGDOM FRANCE CANADAOther
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Academic and commercial customers use SciFinder Mobile differently
30%
47%
2%
15%
3% 3%
SciFinder Mobile ActivitiesAcademic Customer
Explore Author Explore Research TopicExplore Company Explore Substance IDKeep Me Posted Saved Answers
26%
37%7%
12%
15%
3%
SciFinder Mobile Activities Commercial & Government Customer
Explore Author Explore Research TopicExplore Company Explore Substance IDKeep Me Posted Saved Answers
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Agenda
• Why mobile?• What is SciFinder Mobile?• Who uses it?• What’s next?
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We are only beginning to understand how mobile technology will be used
A – PHONEB – LENS OPENINGC – POWER CABLED – DATA CABLEE – SHUTTER LIGHTF – CABLE TO REARG – FRONT HOUSING (ROTATING)H – BATTERY BOX
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Sales of portable devices are projected to exceed PC sales this year
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Future considerations – New technology
• Tablets (e.g., iPads) represent a unique challenge– Are tablets “mobile” in
the same sense as smartphones?
• Will HTML5 change the “app” landscape?
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Future considerations – New functionality
• Future development will focus on blurring the lines between the Web and mobile platforms– Tighter integration of data– Enhanced functionality based
upon technology evolution• Do scientists want to
draw/import structures on a mobile device?– On a smartphone, probably
not so much– On a tablet, probably yes
Xanthohumol (C21 H22 O5 ), CAS RN 6754-58-1
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SciFinder will continue to evolve to meet the needs of scientists!
• Mobile technology continues to evolve and improve
• Society and scientists want information whenever and wherever they need it
scifinder.cas.org/mobile
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“This is the Health Center in Kagbere Sierra Leone, a small village of 400 people. With no electricity (or even plumbing!), access to any online database was impossible. SciFinder Mobile allowed me to find all of the information I needed to work in this clinic day after day.”
SciFinder Mobile user testimonial
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